Expiry and shelf-life management for battery products

Purpose

1. Automate expiry and shelf-life management for car battery products to prevent stock obsolescence, minimize waste, and ensure compliance with quality standards.

2. Utilize inventory automation to monitor product age, automate replenishment, and automate reporting on near-expiry items.

3. Enhance supply chain visibility through automated tracking of manufacture and expiry dates, enabling automated removal of outdated inventory and real-time automated alerts.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automated low stock threshold reached for battery SKUs nearing expiry.

2. Automated detection of shelf-life data change in inventory database.

3. Scheduled automation for regular expiry checking (e.g. daily, weekly).

4. Automated product scan via barcodes/QR during warehouse activities triggers expiry automation.

5. Receipt of new batch updates expiry-tracking automation.

Platform Variants

1. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Automate SMS alerts to staff on near-expiry batches.
  
• Sample: Configure “SendMessage” API with inventory expiry webhooks.
  

2. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Automate expiry reports via email to managers.
  
• Sample: Configure “Mail Send” endpoint for scheduled expiry digests.
  

3. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Automate expiry data logging and flagging in shared sheets.
  
• Sample: Use “Append Row” API and conditional formatting.
  

4. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Automate battery batch expiry status using expiry date lookup.
  
• Sample: Configure “Update Record” automation on expiry change.
  

5. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Automates removal of expired SKUs from online store.
  
• Sample: Use “Product Update” API filtered on expiry tags.
  

6. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Automate channel notifications for expiring stock.
  
• Sample: Use “chat.postMessage” to push expiry reminders.
  

7. Microsoft Teams

• Feature/Setting: Automated team alerts for inventory expiring soon.
  
• Sample: Use “Send message” with expiry automation trigger.
  

8. SAP Inventory Management

• Feature/Setting: Automate expiry date validation and stock lockdown.
  
• Sample: Configure “Goods Movement BAPI” for expired inventory action.
  

9. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Automate flagging and reporting expiring batteries.
  
• Sample: Setup custom function webhook on expiry fields.
  

10. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Automates flag for expiry warnings in inventory list.
  
• Sample: Configure “Inventory Update” event with custom automation.
  

11. Zapier

• Feature/Setting: Automator to chain expiry events with connected services.
  
• Sample: Trigger workflows on expiry-field updates.
  

12. HubSpot

• Feature/Setting: Automate CRM tasks on inventory approaching expiry.
  
• Sample: Use “Create Task” automation for sales outreach.
  

13. Oracle NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Automate report of expiring inventories to supply chain.
  
• Sample: Scheduled SuiteScript report generation.
  

14. Freshdesk

• Feature/Setting: Automated customer notifications about expiring warranties/batteries.
  
• Sample: Use “Ticket Automation Rules” for date-based triggers.
  

15. Mailchimp

• Feature/Setting: Automated batch email campaign to resellers for near-expiry inventory.
  
• Sample: Create Audience segment with expiry conditions.
  

16. Monday.com

• Feature/Setting: Automates expiry-based inventory tracking boards.
  
• Sample: Custom automation for status change on expiry.
  

17. Asana

• Feature/Setting: Automate task assignment for battery disposal process.
  
• Sample: Project rule to create new task on expiry.
  

18. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: Automate expiry-driven inventory alerts to sales teams.
  
• Sample: Setup Flow with inventory object expiry change.
  

19. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Automated cards update for expiring battery batches.
  
• Sample: Power-Up to update labels based on expiry.
  

20. Power Automate

• Feature/Setting: Automate expiry reminders across ERP/CRM systems.
  
• Sample: Flow triggers based on scheduled inventory checks.
  

21. AWS Lambda

• Feature/Setting: Custom expiry automation scripts run on schedule.
  
• Sample: Scheduled Lambda to query and flag expired items.
  

Benefits

1. Automated expiry tracking minimizes losses by preventing obsolete stock.

2. Automation reduces manual workload, error, and delays in expiry management.

3. Automated alerts ensure timely action for replenishment and removal.

4. Batch expiry automation optimizes supply chain and distribution.

5. Increases traceability and compliance using expiry automation.

6. Enhances retail profitability by automating stock rotation and shelf management.